Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-06-23
A FATAL SHOT.
Michsel Hagger'y Shay Rawa aatl Kiule,.
by Pt>tnl III the iIsudS II His
Friend, ", Z. Jrissby.
Trying to Pacify Crez-d Friend, Brave
Man Meets en Unfortunate and
MournfuI End.

About l 2. IT. yesterday loud talking
was beard on Houston street, whfaE
caused pstestIiaos 70 look toward Ia,
! UniGue saloon between Third and Foursl
/ streets, from which cmangted the dis
{ ,urbing sounds, Among tie curiosity
/ seekers who marched toward the spot
wss 3 GAZETTE reporter. VINO reached
/ the saloon Just il time to bump up
against the sW2yiEg uDC q multitude
That T7as getting away from tla place
"What's the mstgsI?N
whats the 5rouD!s?"
I "WaO's rurt?"
Keep out 81 iheTct"
40 nj 20 IN there"
| These sounds and dozen Ctaers mia
glcd IN confusion IS 'he reporter was
/ 0uf-ted about by the TeITeatiDg multi
tude, and served 10 bCWilGer enquiry
and intensity curiosity. The sounds on
the inside still continued, and
the iIapotent questioning still
prevailed. Some one on the
inside was evidently excited and sgreS-
siyeIy demonstralive. What was Il? No
one knew. Elb0wing his way through
the crowd, the reporter sought entrance
TO the saloon, and Is be reached the front
entrance some one brushed By him in
haste. Just 2s the reporter lGid his hand
upon the screen door, g shot on the in
| side was heard, followed two seconds
| later by ga OminOUs sound tn85 told OF the
| fail of some one. For . moment no
sound was heard but manjacal
rawlings and The cultural squirt
| ings of LIES blood. Everybody
was dumb founded ard bCWilde.ed and
few were found VINO y7ould g. in ID as
eeriain ihe cause q he trouble. People
J seemed to Think that prudence was at a
! premium ami Tziraihcd from counting
! danger. la y MOmen, tie noises "a the
/ IN side look tf.renI character. There
vas, instead Il walls and curses, .
! shuflliug, scU6iug sound, as Of some one
/ ia h9nd-tO hand tussel vita an
opponent. The reporter ventUred il
! suG found 10 MS establishment
| the quiyeling corpse q Mike Heagsrty
| Wing on the aVOr, the blood flowing from
his m1utn sid nose Grd his frame trtmu-
lous wiz t5t8
+ = ,ESsT AGoNIEs or DEATH,
| The glistening perspiratiun 0Czed Ou5
upon his forehead, the cigar which he tad
been smoking d moment before lay list
! lessly by his cheek and his 1ugeIs were
seen TO witch cOnvU!Svely as though
graspGs Cfser the SHEDS Ui iSS. tieeMng
! life The CRIMSON current Of
existence flowed aluGgIshly down
his cheek, forming q pool on the floor
which soon became 2 clio red msss gnC
fastened itself in his hair in horrible
cosgUlaticn. Is the safe and nesr the
Gesd man officers were tuna ping IL wild
confusion over me Il gOr, struggling with
so.acone w1osa frenzy gave him q
strength su0elhuman. Up and down,
Over and under, rolled the CouseryiJors
If the peaUg II their struggle with
8 most unwilling prisoner. tInslIy he
was secured and was brought cut
ucCn the Sidewalk. liz proved to be
Mr.. ". 7. Grigsby, proprietor vi Tao
Unique saloon. He was TdDting and
rsVing; struggling fercely and manfulIy
for his release, but could not diSengage
himself. Three Officers had him in charge
and they tried to carry him, but he
Wriggled so that theycould not large fur
niturC wagon was called and an attempt
wasmadeIto put the prisoner in.Ha fought
IishJ . tiger and fastered s right hand
into George Mu}&ey's clothing and held il
in spite u he Ii)rlsy3f The police 20 com
pei him to liJel&te him. His grip Was
IKE 3 wise, aad no.po~or short OF abso-
tn'YIy breaking mrs tagers could cause
AIM to let ge,ls Br. Mulkey vas forced to
!iSrats 5aas esEs plank AMI ride in the
wagon T04ffc county jail
IL he was Torn from the ssjoon he
7-reslled his arms from MS caplurs, and
throwing them above MS head and Look
i~g upon the dead body # MS victim, ne
exc aimed: ~ see what l haye done. 5Iy
Gau, MY God. The galows, the gal
lows, Some body shoot me, Some hody
Sill e-p,eRse-piease kill me"
Ar THE JAIL.
On arriv2, a The jan au0ther scene en-
,ued The prisoner kept UP MS fight snd
n2d 10 be literally carried Up the stairs